Day 5 - Lobster Fishing/Seal Watching Cruise

When our whale watching excursion was cancelled that Saturday afternoon due to bad weather, we switched to a different boat tour - the lobster fishing/seal watching cruise.

We didn't cancel the lobster fishing excursion when Doug and Bri managed to get seats on the Monday morning whale watching tour because I hadn't gotten to do a boat tour yet. I could have gone on my own (which would have been fine), but I don't think they wanted me to go alone. And fishing for and learning about lobsters is kind of cool.

We got to the boat dock about 20 minutes before launch...

We were on the Miss Samantha...

I was a little nervous about how I would do seasickness wise on this boat, but I knew this tour stayed a little closer to the shoreline. I still took my Dramamine and used my seasickness bracelets.

Our boat captain and fisherman...

And our tour guide...

Local fishermen...

Getting the sea life out of the lobster pots...

Lobsters are not the only things found in the pots sometimes...

Explaining this lobster was a perfect find (we got to meet him up close later in the trip)...

Lobsters that are too small, too young or female have to be thrown back.

Measuring this one...

Was a female I believe and thrown back.

This guy had lost an arm and was growing a new one back (he was tossed back)...

After getting a lobster pot fishing lesson, we headed out to Egg Rock to see the lighthouse and seals (which Doug and Bri already passed on the way to the whale watch)...

I loved seeing the seals and the birds on the rocks. I wish we could have gotten even closer...

After spending a little time there, it was time to head back to shore. The tour lasted about an hour and 45 minutes...

 I did amazingly/surprisingly well. No seasickness! And it was quite choppy out there. I was rather proud of myself.

As we headed back in, we were allowed to hold and pass a lobster around (this was the guy that was just caught)...

It was a really a fun experience. And it did start getting more chilly as we headed out to more open waters. So crazy we felt that way in the month of July!

 We were SO tired after our very long, busy day. We just picked up some food from across the street again at Stewman's for dinner and headed back to the hotel room...

 We all cleaned up after dinner and just relaxed the rest of the night.

We were heading home the next day and were kind of sad about it (except Bri - I think she was ready to get back home). It's good when you don't want to leave though. It means you had a great time (despite some hiccups).

So, we started packing up some of our stuff that evening to get ready for the next day.